Railway-car.



No. 375,006. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908. B. F. PREEBLB.

RAILWAY CAR.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 7,1907.

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No. 875,906. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

I B. P. FREBBLE.

RAILWAY GAR. APPLICATION TILED JUNE 7,1901.

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29i in zoom attaining No- 875,906. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908. I

B. F. FREEBLB.

RAILWAY GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. FREEBLE, OF BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed June 7. 1907. Serial No. 377-794 My invention relatesto railway cars, which will be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

' he primary object of my invention is-to provide a car which willinsure comfort and safety to passengers against injury in all .ordinaryaccidents.

Another object of m invention is to provide safety to livestoc and otherproperty while in transit in cars.

A further object of my invention is to maintain a perfect equilibrium ofthe interior of the-cars constructed in accordance with my inventionunder all cond1t1ons eX-- cept the telescoping of the same, and thisthough the exterior of the car may turn over and over.

These objects are attained in the structuresof cars represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this applica tion and in whichFigure 1, is an elevation of a portion of my improved car partly insection showing the elevation of the circular tracks and also theconstruction at the doorway to allow for the swinging of the innerportion independently Fig. 2, is an end view of the car one-half beingfinished and the other half showing the metal end plates fastened to therespective hoops or tracks. Fig. 3, is a detail elevation of the hoopsor tracks showing the base beams and journals for the rollers, and alsoshowing the method of attaehing the outside metal plates of the car.Fig. 4, is a detail section on line 4-4 of Fig.

3, showing the construction of the floor sup-.

ports and the'roller journals. Fig. 5, is a detail section showing thearrangement of the windows to allow for the swinging of one portionwithin the other. Fig. 6, is a detail sec tion showing construction ofsliding door when the car is to be used as a livestock or freight car.

My invention relates only to the body of the car, which is preferablymade of iron or steel, and has no relation to the car trucks, springsand bolsters.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents a part of the car, Fig. 1,in ordinary construction, and B represents a sectional view as'shown insaid figure. 0 represents the hoops or bands and C the tracks. Thesehoops and tracks are placed about equi-dis- 'tant of the length of thecar, as shown in Fig.

1, having in the main portionof the car two windows betweenthe tracks.

In Fig. 2 an end view of the car is shown,-

a part of it being finished and a part unfinished, and showing the metalend plates F fastened to the hoops or bands. In Fi 3 the floor D of theinterior chamber of t e car is shown, and also the trucks D on thetracks, and rollers d between the track and the hoo or band, with themanner of fastening't ose trucks so as to roll freely and easily u onthe tracks. In this figure the I-beams are shown running longitudinallyof the car. The outer frame of the car is also shown in part and thelocation of the I-beams relative to such frame.

, In Fig. 4, a detail section is shown of the truck riding on the hoopor band, as indicated in line 4'4 of Fig. 3. -'-This shows how the truckwill freely pass over the interior surface of the hoop or band;

In Fig. 5 it is shown how the windows will I.

be protected as the interior of the car moves around. These windows, aswill be seen 1n Fig. 1, are within the space occupied by two tracks andtwo bands and so are not affected by the moving of the interior portionof the car. i

In Fig. 6 provision is made for a sliding door on the side of the carada ted for the transportation of livestock an of freight. This slidingdoor permits of the ingress and egress of livestock and of freight. Thesliding door, as will be understood, opens the space between what wouldin the ordinary car be given to two windows, or substantially suchspace. There is nothing essentially different in this door from that inthe ordinary freight cars. The interior of the car, however, is providedwith the hoops and tracks and roll ers so that the interior of the carwill accom+ modate itself to the condition in which the car may besituated. In other words, the interior of the car in which the stock orfreight stand or'lie will turn so as to maintain the equilibrium of theinterior of the car no matter what position the exterior of the car mabe in. This equilibrium of the interior, wi l the position of the portinall times independently of exterior, through the sup of the circularinterior hoops or bands upon't e o'uter circular tracks by means of theWheels or rollers and bearings (Figs. 3 and 5) attached to theI-beamswhich'form the framework of the floor and upon the termiualsoftheinterior bands, not only in case of theoverturning of. the car but atall times be maintained at duriii the ordinary progress of the car, and

will e iminate all rocking from. side to side and jolting motions of theinterior, on the roughest roadbed's or sharpest curves, whether compoundor simple. It is further evident that this provision for the maintenanceof an equilibrium o""he interior at all times will, in case ofoverturning of the car, greatly lessen the number of that class ofaccidents occurring by reason of the throwing about promiscuously of theoccupants of such cars as do not provide for this maintenance of theequilibrium of their interior at all times.

Itwill also be observed that provision is made for the operation of thewindows'by having the window proper apart of the interior finish, ustoutside the sash, the frame on each, side of the window is divided intotwo parts by an arc of a cirble the center of whose radius is thecommon-center from which all the circles are worked, which parts actindependently of each other with a free yet concentric circular.movement, the parts of the 'WlIldOW inside of this arc being a part ofthe interior of the car and all that part-oi the frame-outside oi this.vare being a part of the exterior body of the car.

' In my car the stepsand doors will be the same as in the ordinary cars.

'Having thus described; my invention, its use and operation, what Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is '1 in a railway car thecombination with a car the combinationwith its frame provided with aseries of circular tracks,- of an interior, rotary chamber pro-- videdwith trucks and rollers, substantially as described.

4. In a railway car the comb nation. with its exterior frame havingvinterior'icircular tracks, of an interior rotary frame provided withtracks and rollers, and a "stationary floor, substantially as described.I

5; In a railway car the combination with its body frame provided withwindows and doors and having interior tracks, of an interior rotaryframe having a floor supported-by a hoop, trucks secured to the floor,and rollers between the hoops and tracks, substantially as described. i

6. In a railway car the combination with its body frame supportedontrucks, of a rinterior rotary chamber, having seats for'theaccommodation and comfort of passengers, substantially as described.

7. In a railway car the combination with its body frame resting upon andcarried by trucks and provided with sliding doors, ofan interior rotarychamber having a floor supported by a hoop, and trucks secured-to thefloor, substantially as described.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. FREEBLE. Witnesses BEN DotenE'RTY, R. PoLETz.

